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Intervention: Laminectomy
Upper view of a human vertebra, showing the lamina
Laminectomy is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. The lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and create more space for the spinal nerves. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Upper view of a human vertebra, showing the lamina (Grays Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918) This article incorporates text or images from the public domain Grays Anatomy, Lea & Febiger, 1917 edition. ... The International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) is a system of classifying procedure codes being developed by the World Health Organization. ... ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of Procedural codes. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Procedure codes are numbers or alphanumeric codes used to identify specific health interventions taken by medical professionals. ... Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Spinal cord nested in the vertebral column. ... This article is about the leaf, a plant organ. ... A diagram of a thoracic vertebra. ... The spinal canal is the space in vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. ... The term spinal nerve generally refers to the mixed spinal nerve, which is formed from the dorsal and ventral roots that come out of the spinal cord. ...
The first laminectomy was performed in 1887 by Dr. Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, a professor of surgery at the University College London. He was lauded for his breakthrough procedure. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (April 14, 1857-July 16, 1916) was an accomplished scientist and professor. ... Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ...
A common type of laminectomy is performed to permit the removal or reshaping of a spinal disc as part of a lumbar discectomy. This is a treatment for a herniated disc, bulging or degenerated disc. A discectomy is a surgical procedure where an extravasated segment of the intervertebral disc, which is causing pain by stressing the spinal cord or radiating nerves, is dissected. ... A spinal disc herniation, incorrectly called a slipped disc, is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out. ...
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